A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications
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Resumo: | Background: Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. Case presentation. During routine cadaveric dissection of a 69-year-old fresh female cadaver, a superficial brachioulnar artery with an aberrant path was found bilaterally. The superficial brachioulnar artery originated at midarm level from the brachial artery, pierced the brachial fascia immediately proximal to the elbow, crossed superficial to the muscles that originated from the medial epicondyle, and ran over the pronator teres muscle in a doubling of the antebrachial fascia. It then dipped into the forearm fascia, in the gap between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Subsequently, it ran deep to the palmaris longus muscle belly, and superficially to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, reaching the gap between the latter and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, where it assumed is usual position lateral to the ulnar nerve. Conclusion: As far as the authors could determine, this variant of the superficial brachioulnar artery has only been described twice before in the literature. The existence of such a variant is of particular clinical significance, as these arteries are more susceptible to trauma, and can be easily confused with superficial veins during medical and surgical procedures, potentially leading to iatrogenic distal limb ischemia. |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implicationsA case reportAnatomyArmArteriesBlood supplyCadaverDissectionForearmSurgeryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)Background: Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. Case presentation. During routine cadaveric dissection of a 69-year-old fresh female cadaver, a superficial brachioulnar artery with an aberrant path was found bilaterally. The superficial brachioulnar artery originated at midarm level from the brachial artery, pierced the brachial fascia immediately proximal to the elbow, crossed superficial to the muscles that originated from the medial epicondyle, and ran over the pronator teres muscle in a doubling of the antebrachial fascia. It then dipped into the forearm fascia, in the gap between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Subsequently, it ran deep to the palmaris longus muscle belly, and superficially to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, reaching the gap between the latter and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, where it assumed is usual position lateral to the ulnar nerve. Conclusion: As far as the authors could determine, this variant of the superficial brachioulnar artery has only been described twice before in the literature. The existence of such a variant is of particular clinical significance, as these arteries are more susceptible to trauma, and can be easily confused with superficial veins during medical and surgical procedures, potentially leading to iatrogenic distal limb ischemia.NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)RUNCasal, DiogoPais, DiogoToscano, TiagoBilhim, TiagoRodrigues, LuísFigueiredo, InêsAradio, SóniaAngélica-Almeida, MariaGoyri-O'Neill, João2018-11-16T23:17:18Z2012-12-042012-12-04T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-660eng1756-0500PURE: 6341925http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870222392&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-660info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:25:56Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/51977Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:32:30.159712Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications A case report |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications Casal, Diogo Anatomy Arm Arteries Blood supply Cadaver Dissection Forearm Surgery Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications |
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A rare variant of the ulnar artery with important clinical implications |
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Casal, Diogo |
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Casal, Diogo Pais, Diogo Toscano, Tiago Bilhim, Tiago Rodrigues, Luís Figueiredo, Inês Aradio, Sónia Angélica-Almeida, Maria Goyri-O'Neill, João |
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Pais, Diogo Toscano, Tiago Bilhim, Tiago Rodrigues, Luís Figueiredo, Inês Aradio, Sónia Angélica-Almeida, Maria Goyri-O'Neill, João |
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NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM) RUN |
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Casal, Diogo Pais, Diogo Toscano, Tiago Bilhim, Tiago Rodrigues, Luís Figueiredo, Inês Aradio, Sónia Angélica-Almeida, Maria Goyri-O'Neill, João |
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Anatomy Arm Arteries Blood supply Cadaver Dissection Forearm Surgery Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) |
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Anatomy Arm Arteries Blood supply Cadaver Dissection Forearm Surgery Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) |
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Background: Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. Case presentation. During routine cadaveric dissection of a 69-year-old fresh female cadaver, a superficial brachioulnar artery with an aberrant path was found bilaterally. The superficial brachioulnar artery originated at midarm level from the brachial artery, pierced the brachial fascia immediately proximal to the elbow, crossed superficial to the muscles that originated from the medial epicondyle, and ran over the pronator teres muscle in a doubling of the antebrachial fascia. It then dipped into the forearm fascia, in the gap between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Subsequently, it ran deep to the palmaris longus muscle belly, and superficially to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, reaching the gap between the latter and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, where it assumed is usual position lateral to the ulnar nerve. Conclusion: As far as the authors could determine, this variant of the superficial brachioulnar artery has only been described twice before in the literature. The existence of such a variant is of particular clinical significance, as these arteries are more susceptible to trauma, and can be easily confused with superficial veins during medical and surgical procedures, potentially leading to iatrogenic distal limb ischemia. |
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